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A most intriguing book from Piers Anthony. There are some spoilers in this quiz, so if you haven't read the book yet, but intend to at some point, play this quiz with your eyes shut.

A multiple-choice quiz by awkins. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
awkins

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
192,175

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
208

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. When we first meet our hero, he is riding his bike to the beach. What is his name? Hint

Don Castle

Don Kestle

Dan Castle

Dan Kestle

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Question 2 of 10

2. One of the intrepid band states that they have no specialist training. Who is this soft spoken member? Hint

Pacifa

Gaspard

Eleph

Melanie

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which member of the team is a cycling tour expert? Hint

Gaspard

Eleph

Melanie

Pacifa

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Question 4 of 10

4. Melanie has a secret. What is that secret? Hint

She is completely hairless

She is an alien

She is a government spy

She is a time traveler

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Question 5 of 10

5. A shocking discovery is made at the Minoan ship. What was that discovery? Hint

The Trojan Horse

A nuclear reactor

A flying saucer

A mermaid

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Question 6 of 10

6. Melanie makes friends with Glowcloud. Who or what is Glowcloud? Hint

A giant squid

A Triton (merman)

A resident of Atlantis

A Minke whale

7. Splendid and her biologically adapted friends, are an experimental colony. Adapted for life under pressure and in liquid so they could live on Jupiter. From what country does Splendid come? Hint

Germany

The USA

Russia

China

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Question 8 of 10

8. Our happy band travel by bicycle. Whose bicycle has the most gears? Hint

Eleph

Gaspard

Pacifa

Melanie

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Question 9 of 10

9. After receiving help from the mer-people, and hitching a ride with a submarine, our hero discovers that one of the group is an alien. Which one? Hint

Gaspard

Eleph

Pacifa

Melanie

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Question 10 of 10

10. What disaster is going to befall the Earth within 10 years? Hint

A 3 mile wide iron meteor, will plow into the moon, causing catastrophic seismic activity on Earth

An alien invasion will be preceded by a directed shower of massive meteors

A solar flare will ignite the atmosphere

A calcium meteor will graze the atmosphere

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When we first meet our hero, he is riding his bike to the beach. What is his name?

Answer: Don Kestle

He is an archaeologist, specializing in the Minoan culture.

2. One of the intrepid band states that they have no specialist training. Who is this soft spoken member?

Answer: Melanie

She does, however, have all the coordinates the group needs to complete their task.
Gaspard is a Marine Geologist.
Eleph is a Physicist

3. Which member of the team is a cycling tour expert?

Answer: Pacifa

She appears at the outset to be a kindly grandmother, but she more than proves her worth.

4. Melanie has a secret. What is that secret?

Answer: She is completely hairless

Due to a genetic defect she has no hair follicles.
Gaspard turns out to be the government spy.

5. A shocking discovery is made at the Minoan ship. What was that discovery?

Answer: A mermaid

Splendid, named by Don (his exclamation upon first seeing her), makes her appearance here.

6. Melanie makes friends with Glowcloud. Who or what is Glowcloud?

Answer: A giant squid

Don estimates him to be around 20 feet long.
Melanie actually sends Glowcloud to search for Eleph after the Chinese submarine spots him.

7. Splendid and her biologically adapted friends, are an experimental colony. Adapted for life under pressure and in liquid so they could live on Jupiter. From what country does Splendid come?

Answer: China

Splendid informs Don that she is an amateur archaeologist specializing in pre-Columbian American Indian culture, who also studied English, Spanish and German.

8. Our happy band travel by bicycle. Whose bicycle has the most gears?

Answer: Eleph

Eleph had 36, Pacifa had 10, Don had 5, Melanie had 3 and Gaspard had 1.
Pacifa showed them all how to get the best out of their bicycles.

9. After receiving help from the mer-people, and hitching a ride with a submarine, our hero discovers that one of the group is an alien. Which one?

Answer: Eleph

He was actually from a different version of Earth, and was trying to warn this version of impending doom.

10. What disaster is going to befall the Earth within 10 years?

Answer: A calcium meteor will graze the atmosphere

Fragments of the meteor will break off. The interaction of the fragments with Earths water causes calcium oxide. All the water on the planet will disappear.

Source: Author awkins

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